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Julia Sebutinde, from Uganda, is a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: official portrait of Sebutinde at the ICJ.

Who is Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ judge who says “no”?

In 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has taken three landmark decisions to protect the Palestinian population, including warning Israel against the risk of being accused of genocide. In each of these decisions, alone against all, one judge from Uganda distinguished herself by being systematically and fully “against” the majority opinion.

By Grace Matsiko (our correspondent in Kampala)

Occupation of Palestine by Israel: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues its ruling. Photo: a bulldozer operates at a construction site in Givat HaMatos, an Israeli settlement suburb of annexed east Jerusalem.

Israeli occupation of Palestine: strong reactions after ICJ ruling

Pjetër Shala, during his verdict before the Kosovo Specialised Chambers (court in The Hague, Netherlands)

Kosovo: Pjetër Shala sentenced to 18 years in prison

Trial for collaboration in Ukraine. Photo: A Ukrainian woman is tried before a court in Dnipro.

Collaboration trials in Ukraine: what do court verdicts tell us?

Gacaca courts in Rwanda. Photo: Denis Bikesha, former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 1994.

“You cannot transplant the gacaca court system”

Universal jurisdiction in Germany and international law. Photo: Trial of Iraqi Taha Al-Jumailly in Frankfurt.

Trial and error: Germany reforms its law on international crimes

Palestine vs Israel: the legal battles. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

States vs ICC: the legal battles ahead on Palestine/Israel

Al-Hassan trial at the ICC - Photo: 3 judges of the International Criminal Court (Tomoko Akane, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua and Kimberly Prost) sit in The Hague.

Is the ICC Al Hassan judgement a mess or the future?

Will the Drummond case be referred to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP) in Colombia? Photo: Construction machinery at work in a coal mine.

The Drummond case, a corporate litmus test for Colombia’s transitional justice

Illegal war - Photo: in Kiev (Ukraine), civilians watch the fire created by a Russian missile strike.

When war becomes illegal

Sexual violence in Ukraine - Photo: Women stand at the door of their apartment building in the city of Lysychansk, a city without electricity and water, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Prosecuting sexual violence in Ukraine’s war

Acquitted twice in Finland on charges of war crimes in Liberia, Gibril Massaquoi is claiming more than 800,000 euros in financial compensation. Photo: Massaquoi, wearing a dark suit, laughs during an interview with Justice Info.

Gibril Massaquoi tries for the jackpot

ICC / Mali - Photo: Abdoulaziz Al Hassan on the day of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

ICC/Mali: Al Hassan verdict leaves bitter taste

Arrest warrant issued by the French courts against Bashar Al-Assad (Syrian President), in connection with the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. Photo: Poster in a Syrian street showing Al-Assad with a gas mask over his face.

Setback for Bashar al-Assad before the French courts

Trial of the massacre at Conakry stadium (known as the

In Guinea, time for defence arguments in massacre trial

Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against senior Russian military officers for crimes committed in Ukraine. Photo: Valery Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu in military uniforms (Russia)

ICC: Arrest warrants for the heads of the Russian army

Gender apartheid for women in Iran and women in Afghanistan - Photo: a woman wearing a hijab walks down a street, closely followed by a Taliban patrol.

Crimes against Afghan women drive push to recognize “gender apartheid”

Justice in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Photo: people displaced by the conflict between the local Kamwina Nsapu militia and government forces wait to receive food rations.

Kasai: how three senior officials escaped justice

Sudan: in response to the crimes committed in El-Fasher, and more generally in the Darfur region, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is launching an appeal for testimony. Photo: A cattle market burns down in El-Fasher after a bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Suliman Baldo: El-Fasher, a siege “comparable to Gaza”